dash off

Other forms: dashed off; dashing off; dashes off

Definitions of dash off
  1. verb
    write down hastily
    “She dashed off a letter to her lawyer”
    synonyms: dash down
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    type of:
    get down, put down, set down, write down
    put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.
  2. verb
    write quickly
    “She dashed off a note to her husband saying she would not be home for supper”
    synonyms: fling off, knock off, scratch off, toss off
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    type of:
    compose, indite, pen, write
    produce a literary work
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